This week's story was a little time-consuming, because I had to supervise the baking of the cookies for the story. I wanted something with no cane sugar and no butter. I experimented and was happy with the result. (Recipe is listed as "Tip of the Week.")
We have some progress on the deck, but I can't get a photo yet, because the paint and stain needs to dry. We expect to have some issues with trick-or-treaters coming, but maybe it will be dry enough by tomorrow night.
This week has been an adventure, though. We were busy with a lot of things besides the new front deck. Our ballots came on the 21st. We finally got around to filling them out on Thursday.
On Friday, we dropped off our ballots at our favorite ballot drop box.
We've had a sign up for our favorite candidate for three weeks, but on Thursday, some people came by with election flyers. We asked for signs and gave them a list of the ones we wanted. They brought them a couple of hours later, and Charlie installed them in the front yard.
Having the signs is part of the fun of campaign season, and we were a bit late getting them up, with all the work on the house being a priority. The next day, Charlie was doing something out in from of the house, when a neighbor came by. The neighbor stopped and told Charlie that all the signs had been vandalized. They looked fine from the back, which was all he could see. Since they were only damaged on the front, he just turned each one around. When he came in, he told me what had happened.
I went out to look, and this was what I saw. (Obviously, this photo was taken after the signs were turned around.)
I decided to put up a sign that might deter vandals from a repeat performance.
We haven't had a repeat, but when we were driving to drop off our ballots, we did see some other signs in the neighborhood that had been painted with the identical black X. This was apparently a bigger deal than I realized. When we got back home, I sent an email to the folks who brought us the signs. The same thing had happened to them. They decided to leave the damaged signs up and they just added new signs for all the candidates, with a couple of signs that said "No Hate!" Now they have 15 signs in their yard. They recommended putting in a police report, which they had done. Since then, other cases with the exact same X's have surfaced. I called the police. A policeman called me back and walked me through the process of filing a report online. Here's the redacted report.
I don't know if anything will come of it. If there's anything to report, you will be able to read it here.
For something cute for this week, here's a sand cat I found online. Nothing like eating a whole sushi!
If you have a few minutes and are willing, please go to Amazon and B&N and search for "Classic Tales Retold: Stories from The Doll's Storybook by Peggy Stuart" in Children's. Every click on the page for the book makes it more likely they will keep a good supply in their warehouse and stores. If you are outside the US, you may have a separate website for these retailers. If you have a copy of our other books, Emil and Mariah, please leave an honest review on the websites, especially if you bought from them.
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What's on my needles: Still the Hinterland Pullover (some more progress made) and the EmPower People Kerchief (hibernating). Down to the sleeve divide on Pauly's Wonderland Turtle.
What's on my loom: Dust, but I still plan to make some placemats.
What's on my sewing machine: Still ready for back of T-shirt quilt.
What's in my hoop: Whole Cloth quilt, still no progress..
What's in The Doll's Storybook: No bad behavior here! The dolls are minding their manners and baking cookies to pretend to eat in Good Cookies.
What's in The Doll's Storybook: No bad behavior here! The dolls are minding their manners and baking cookies to pretend to eat in Good Cookies.
What's on my iPad/iPhone: Still listening to Plan for the Worst by Jodi Taylor.
What's in my wine glass: Gazali Estate Voor Paardeberg Merlot. Nice!
What's my tip of the week: Here's my new go-to cookie recipe.
Jolena's Good Cookie Recipe
Dry Ingredients:
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 3⁄4 cups rolled oats
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon desired)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg (optional)
• 3⁄4 cups rolled oats
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon desired)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg (optional)
Wet Ingredients:
• 1 egg
• 1⁄4 cup olive oil
• 1⁄4 cup honey
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄4 cup raisins (or dried cranberries or chocolate chips)
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄4 cup raisins (or dried cranberries or chocolate chips)
Directions:
In a bowl, mix all the dry ingredients together.
In another bowl, mix all the wet ingredients together. (If you measure the oil first, the honey won't stick to the measuring cup).
Mix the wet stuff with the dry stuff. Add the raisins and walnuts and mix. If the mixture seems too wet, add a bit of flour. If it isn't binding together very well, you may wish to add an egg white.
COOL the dough in the refrigerator for about 20 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 335 degrees.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Make them small if they are for dolls.
Bake for about 15 minutes or until golden on the bottom of the cookie.
Makes about a dozen cookies or two dozen doll-size cookies.
Jolena adapted the recipe from here.
Where are my books: The stories in each book first appeared in the blog and they are reproduced with a few changes.
Classic Tales Retold: Stories from The Doll's Storybook is available from BookBabyBookshop and other booksellers worldwide. The stories are Little Green Greatcoat, The Boy Doll Who Cried Wolf and Lost in the Woods.
Emil: Stories from The Doll's Storybook and Mariah: Stories from The Doll's Storybook are also still available from booksellers world wide. The link for Book Baby is here. The three stories in Emil are Best Buds, Getting What You Want, and The Boys Cook Dinner.
If you don't get free shipping from Amazon or B&N, buy from the BookBabyBookshop, because 50% of the price goes to St. Jude. Other booksellers pay much less.
Note: This blog post was produced on the iPad and the MacBook, using the iPhone for some photos and some photo processing. No other computer was used in any stage of composition or posting, and no Windows were opened, waited for, cleaned or broken. No animals or dolls were harmed during the production of this blog post.
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